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'NORTH AMERICA. This Day were published, In Bvo. with a Map, price 12 S. boards, LETTERS from CANADA; written during a residence there, in the years 1806, 18:1, and 1808, sewing. the present State. Of Canada; its Produalons, Trades, Commercial Importance, and POlitical Relations. I.llusuative of the 'Laws, the Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate. Exhibiting a lso, the COrnmercial Importance, of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and' Cape Breton ; and their increasing ability, in conjunction with Canada, to furnish the necessary supplies o: lumber and provisions to our West India Islands. By HUGH GRAY. ' • - Printed fur Longman, Hurst; Rees, and Orme, Paternos. ter- • " These Letters appear to be the result of much careful nSt,ervation, and are written with, great good sense.. They must be acceptable to all who hive any connexion or interest m this part of the British Dominions, about which our infor mation is not very extensive. 1t is, on the whole, an enter— taining, and must be a useful publication."—British Critic, Aug. 1809. Of whom may he had, • The Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, from St. Lou. is, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pa cific Ocean; performed in the Years 1804, - 185, and :3°6. liy order - of the Government of the United States. . - • In Svo. illustrated with a Map of the Country inhabited by the Tribes of Western Indians, price gs. boards. This Day - tfas'lsublished, , In 3 vols. izmo. price 135. 6d. in boards. TUE SOLDIER'S ORPHAN. A TALE.- ...t. By Mrs. CASTELLO. Frint::d for Longman, Hurst, Rees,.and Orme, Paternes- ter• TOW. " This is an artless and well told tale the moral is ex cellent • the chataaers are naturally drawn, and well gr ouped. In her delineations of female character, the au thoress has evinced much know ledge..of life, and a great love or virtue.—Crlt. Rev. Sep. 1809. • SOUTH AMERICA, ,This Day was published, In Two Volnmes Bvo. with a Map of the Country, 'price as. boards, THE GEOGRAPHICAL, NATURAL, and CIVIL HISTORY of CHILI. Translated from the Origiml Italian of the Abbe Don I. IGNATIUS MOLINA. • To whiCh are added, Notes from the Spanish and French Versions, and tWo Appendixes, by the 'English Editor. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternos ter.row. 1 6 e 'are particularly glad at the present-mo-..ent to 'be able to dirctt our readers to the Works of Molina; in their ursit tan- ' uage. Whatever is ciculated to increase know- L'ege of South America, is now of the .greatest invariance, 'and t , i.. region which is the subject of the Work before us, is, ,ertainly among the most inteiesting of ti at negh!Cled world., 'I here are few, we are ,inclined to think, wuo wil;.not be disposed to look for themselves into this interesting and sa4 tistaetory performance."—Ed. Rev. •Itily, 1807. Of whom may be him, Travels in South America during the year act, 3801, tBO3, and t 804.; containing a Description of the Captain.! Generalship of Caraccas , &c. &c. By F.. DEPONS, Late Agent to the French Government at Caraccas. Translated from the French, in z vols. Svo. with a Map of the Country, price 11. ts. MAILS. ARA IVEDnI Dublin, i Waterford. 1)1JE-5 Gottenburgh, I Cadiz, i Lisbw, a Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILVIL O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 70 Red. Ann. - - - 6 9'i TaE su N. SOLIM QUIS DICVRE:TALSUM AUDEAT L.ONDOIV, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1809. Last night we received Dutch Papers to the 15th lu't. They contain an account . Ot the Batik of Ocana., which, of conr=e, .representS the defeat of the Spaniards as. complete, but at the same time i t is admitted that the Spaniards fought with great ob stinacy. Tl.e loss of the 'Spaniards is stated to have been 4000 killed, and 20,000 taken prisoners, and 30 pieces of ciinoon.. • The Ptoceedings whiCb BUOIVPARTE instituted against Gen. MONNET, tie late Goverbor of Rush ing, have terminated iu the condemnation of that Officer, and be Las been condemned as a coward and a traitor, because he did not destroy the Dykes and inundate the country, and because he surrea - - dered before a breach was made. BUONAPARTE is exhibiting his.vassal Kings and : Queens; . and though - they are alloWed to assume some degree of splendour, yet hei takes very good . care to remind them of their abjest state, and upon some occasions does not appear to treat them with common civility.. .On the Anniversary of BUONA PARTS'S Coronation, the City of Paris gave a fete in .the Hotel de Ville, at which the whole tribe of vas sal Kings, Queens, Princes, and Grand Dignitaries, were present. At five o'clock the Kings of Wir temberg, Saxony, Holland, Westphalia, and . Na ples, and the Queens of Spain, Holland, West phalia, .and Naples, were ordered to take their seais . in the grand apartment prepared in the Hotel de. Vitae (or this August Company. 131762iAiARTE took care that they should have time enough to contem-_ plate each otlier's magnificence, for he kept them sitting upen their chairs of state for no less than an 1v)or and a half before he condescended to make his appearance, it being half-past six before his irriieriat Majesty:arrived at the Hotel de Ville. —As for MURAT, JEROME, and LOUI,S' BUONA- PA RTF.,, their feelings upon this occasion were not, p .1 - haps, very acute, but the sensation of the Kipp Ut SAXONY and WIRTEMBERG, must have been ilifut indeed. . . The Tyrol, - we are told, for the tenth time, is neatly trangnilized, bttt other accounts admit that Cie insurgents are in, great force, and. that HOFFEK once more at their head. ••-. Although all the accounts from Spain admit, what indeed it is impossible to deny, that the, French were viciorious at ()calla, yet we are happy to find that the Spaniards have by no meat 9 been sunk into despondency by their defeat. As soon ‘as the disaster was known the. Marquis - D E Rom.►Na, marched to Carolina with 10,000 mem, to reiliturce the army ft General ARASAA. Letters from Admiral YOUNG, received thls-day .from Plymouth, confirm-our contradiEtion of yes terday, respeciing the reported loss of the Hussar frigate. Yesterday his Royal Highness, the Duke of YORK '7arrlved in town from Oatlands,. and in the evening entertained a seleet party of, Military Officers with an elegant dinner at his house in the Stable-yard, St. James's. _ _ . Y'esterddy his Royal Highness the Duke of CUM BERLAND gave a grand dinner to a large party of Military Gentlemen, at his residence in St. James's Palace. A Cabinet Council assembled yesterday at the Fo reign Office, soon after two o'clock, and continued in deliberation Until half-past six in the evening.— The spbjed" under consideration, it is reported, was the answer tO•be given u the Address of the Corn- - rnon Council, which is td be presented to his -Ma jesty to-morro.v. The Ministers present were, the LORD : CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of \Nr!LLESLEY, the Earls of LIVERPOOL, BATHURST, CHATHAM, WESTMORLAND, and. 1-hattowsY, Lord NIUL. , ' GRAVE, the CHANCELLOR Of. the EXCHEQ.URR,' Mr. Secretary RYDER, and,Mr. R. S. DUND - AS. There is io be another Cabinet .Council this day. There is . nO alteratiOn in the' price of Bread this • All claims of a pecuniary nature upon the late Duke of PORTLAND, have withi:i -the last three days been discharged by his successor. The 'whole of the demands amounted to a. considerable sum. By desire of the deceased, all those demesnes, whorhad been in the family for the space of -ten years (and the are' few who have not -.been „inmates fora longer . periOd),. are to be a'lowed theirwagei fir life,;- the steward and the co !fidential servant' are each to have;air4uities of '200!: and other consider abla ernelernent - s. ,Buistrode, and all its.late acqui sitions, . are to be brought 'to the hammer. The present. Duke means greatly to retrench the esta blishment, from the laudable motives of amply pro viding for his relatives. • In March 181 f, his Grace will receive a consi derable addition to, his fortune, by the expiration of certain leaies on the Mary-bone estate; viz.---That part which forms the north side of Oxford;street, - from Prince's-street to Holles-street 'the west side of Prince's-street, the east side of Holles-street, and the .south side of Cavendish-square. The Whole - of that district now produces a ground-rent of only 371. per—annum. No less a sum than 17,0001. per annum has been tendered for a 99 years, lease. The Portland estate extends, east to west, from Wells street, Oxford-street, to Mary-le-bone T tane; north to south, on a parallel with Primrose-hilr., N-AVAL NEW)-). HARWICH, Nov. - 18.—This Morning the Lady Francis packet sailed for Gottcnburgh:,with the Mails of the 12th and 15th inst. The kleligoland Mail of the 12th still remains, on adcount of their beat packet in the Harbour. . PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Arrived the Cornet, Cap'. lain REED, from Oporto, wi a cargo of wine for this' port sailed in company with a convoy; parted .comi,any off this port this morning : on their pas , they encountered tremendous gales of wind. Sailed his Majesty's ship Orestes on a cr.uize. YARMOUTII, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Vestal, BAR from Oporto; the Mary, SALTER, from Wal eheren ; left on Saturday last, when all the troops were embarked, with the exception of centinek, and they did not amount to 400 men. The num ber of transports Ou Lire are about 12 or 13, and the crews of theta dil except one, are saved. As soon as the wind shifts they will finally quit the Island. Arrived two ships dismasted, and one is in the offing in the sane state. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Came in last night the schooner Industry, of this port, CRAWFORD master, laden with wine, from Oporto, bound to Ipswich and Colchester, after a passage of eleven days. She • , sailed from Oporto the 6th of December, under con voy of the Seafiower brig, with 24 sail of vessel..— Parted company with the fleet the 12th inst. in, a heavy' gale of wind in lat. 44. The Industry has sustained much damage in her sails and hull in the late storms. The following ships consisted of part Of the above - convoy, viz. Young Henry, ; Beaver, ; Young William, -- ; Brothers, ; Maria, --- ; Segar, ; Id oodland Castle, ; Ark, ; Mary Ando ver, —; Leilde,— 5 Venus, ; and Ro bert and Sarah, Arrived this •day his Majesty's ship .4polto, of 38 guns, Capt. B. W. TAYLOR ; and the Hermes, of iti guns, store ship, Tuos. Hosxms master, from the iVirtditerranean. Came into the Harbour his Majesty's brig Escort, of 14. guns, having been on shore on the coast of Sussex, and beat her rudder off, and sustained other . damage. Went out of •Harbour the_Coquette, of 18 guns, Capt. Fotuns. DEAL, DEc. 18.—It blew very hard last night and early this morning frtiM the South ::nd S.S.W. the oniy ship that has siitfeced, that we bear of, is the Samuel, Capt. Snort - 13y., for Trinidad, -who has lost an anchor and cable. Arrived the Young Harry, from Oporto, and sailed for the. River. DUTCH PAPERS; that point. As he had to perform - a very long march, he could not arrive sufficiently in time to , . PAIiIS, DE . c..g.—The Council of 'Milky, 2p.. share in the a6tion ; nay, the King did not receive pointed by .his Majesty the Emperor and Kino, con- any intelligence from him the whole of the day, versed by his Excellency Count Huriepurg, Minister and his Majesty is therefore perfectly ignorant of at 'War, in obedience to his Majesty's orders, d ate d what the Duke of Belluno has been doing. I shall however, have to make my further report on this Sehoenbrunn, 7th September, 1809, and assembled at the general 'military depot, closed on the 25th of spbject as soon as possible. -iiil last month. Its deliberations pronounced the fol- "Be" Be pleased to lay my report before his Imp lowipg. sentence :----:- • Majesty, and to accept the assurance of my high That General Monnet, contrary to his duty, consideration. did not fulfil the orders of his Imperial Majesty; in, . ": THE MARSHAL DUKE OF DALMATIA." case of his being 'pressed hard by the enemy, to cut. the dykes rather than surrender. . That he surrendered the fortress at a time When it had only sustained -a bombardment. of 36 hours, when the garrison was still co•nposed, of more than 4000 men; when no breach had yet been made in the rampart, and- the ,:enemy was,yet-more than 800 metres distant from the fortress, and when our troops were yet in possessiOn of the out3,vorks, and Wben, consequently,' the, place was not, really be . BAYONNE, Nov. 30.—The passage of the troops of the third division of the army of reserve still. con tinues ; it, will be ended in three dayS. 'The-desti nation of these troops is' Vittoria, where the bead= 'quarter's 'Will be, fixed. General . Loison : Commander in Chief of this diVision, arrived - yesterday evening at Bayonne. He is'on the point- of departure for . Vittoria. We are assured that he is. appointed vetnor General of the Provinces of Guipscuoa, Bis cay, and Alava: ' This evening or to-morrow, his Excellency . the Duke of Elebingen (Marshal Ney) will set.out ;Or Spain. General Bonnet has again taken possession of St. Andero, after having defeated the insurgents under Marquesitto. Nearly 2000 of the enemy were killed or drowned at Vincente de la Balquera the rest fled in the greatest confusion. :. • MADRID, •Nctv. 20.—The battle of Ocana, which the King fought yesterday, was one of the most de- cisive which the troops of his Majesty the Emperor and King have ever fought. The members, of the Junta of -Seyille who' have the most influence were, in the rear of the army of the insurgents, and an nounced, in a 'high tone, : that they were going to hold their sittings at Madrid ibut, they, were. the first to fly. This appears to be the last effort which the Junta of Seville will make. The following Or der of the Day has been published and affixed up, in all the public places :--,- ORDER CT THE DAY. " Yesterday the King gained a signal and deci live vidory, at ()calla.' Two hours were sufficient to disperse the anti of the insurgents, who expected within two dayslo‘ make their entry into Madrid.' It was entirely dis , persed or destroyed. ' Four thousand men were left dead on the field , , of battle; 20,000 were made prisQilers, am° whom were 200'01 - Beers; 30 or 40,000 musket'' 20 standards, 30 pieces of artillery, and an incref dible quantity of baggage, were the result of this splendid victory. . . . •. ".Ai.TousTus BELLIARD, Governor-Genera ''- sieged. • "That the General is therefore guilty of gross rniscOndud, which cannot be am ibutecito'any other motive than cowardice and treAsoni'and the Coun cil declares, moreover, that the General, is guilty of extortion and ethtiezzlethent, since it appears in evidence; that he did , receive or caused tro - he re ceived for his own private . benefit and, use, from the year 1303 10 the year iSub, the Slim of 10 slivers, or 20 sous Tournois; for each half-anchor of Geneva which was exported.- The above sentence was confirmed by the Em peror and. King on the 6th instant. His Imperior Highness the Viceroy. of Italy ar rived yesterday at this capital, and alighted at the Hotel Marbeuf. they write from Madrid, under the date of the 24th of November, that the number of Spanish prisoners, taken in the battle of Oeana amounts to 30,000 Men. , . ViptirrA, Nov. 27.—This day .arrived in this ca pital his Imperial Majesty 'the Emperor of Austria.. He was dressed in ,the HUngarian uniform, and, seated in a coach drawn by six horses, which could hardly pass .the streets crowded by the inhabitants, who received their gracious Sovereign with incessant shouts of " Long live the, Emperor ?". At night, there was not one single honse that was not illumi nated. All the Theatres are this day to . be thrown : open tosthe public, and a' general illumination . will again take place this evening. Her Majesty the Empress is also shortly ez.pefted. The Emperor has ordered the sum of 1,00,000 florins to be distributed among the poor. This morning Te Deum was sung in the Cathedral. VIENNA, Nov. Qb.—The Adjutant of the Arch duke Charles, General Deltnotte, has already ar riVed t this capital; and the Prince himself is ex petted in the course of next .week.. - Count Dumas, .Gen .-..,r4 of Division, and Chief of the Staff of the:Prinee of .Neufchatel, is to re- Swain here atter the evacuation of the capital, and has already hired a house for his residei,ce. .The number of the Freth.h sick and wounUed who cannot yet be transported, amounts to 10,700 men, 'AUGSBURG, Nov. 27.—Within a few days, the first transport of the Austrian contribution is ex peaed in this place, curisisting of t3,000.,060 of florins, in gold and silver corn. According_to the last accounts from the Tyrol, the insurrection may be considered as perfe6.tly,quelled, and'many Tyroleaus and yeralberghers have already arrived here to buy grain.' The noted Speckbucher lately made an attempt to incite the inhabitants of the Lower inthal to fresh commotions ; but lus.atterniit not only failed -of success, but he was apprehended by the inhabitants, and deitverea up to the Bavarian troops. , PARIS, DEC. 6.- 7 The festital appointed by the City of Paris, for toe celebration of the Anniversary of the Coronation of his Majesty, of the.coriclusiorl of Peace with Austria, and the return of the DlV ror to his• Capital, was establithed with the sai - n0 splendour that distinguished five yeais 'ago th e union of the Monarch with his people, when ad miration was joined with affeaion and unchangea ble fidelity. About five eclock the kings of Wurtemborgho Saxony, Holland, Westphalia, and Naples; and 1110 Queens-of-Spain, Holland, Westphalia, and ples, followed* by the perm:id:S7hr their t.,;%, 4th .set , f received in the Hall of the Throne, by theTriucei auci Grand Dignitaries there ,asembled., At half after Six their Imperial and Royal Ala.les:' ties entered. the apartments - amid , shouts of ",; live the - Emperor Long- live the Empress !" -"" few unnUtesafter, the Emperor took his seat Qn the Throne that had been prepared for hint ; di : ld : aft er the acclamations exCited by his, presence had sorti e : what subsided, and the Duke, the Governor, "Wu. received the commands of his Majesty, the Cbtirl" cillor of.Staie, the Prefect of the S.eine„, Free :01, dc-.• • livered an oration, which, among other passa.s..., Contained the. following:— ". The admiratioit, .Sire, the ardent wishes, th e)ttraordinary homage are paid you-on ev.err side seem to. supersede Ours. Now that all beart,s . are French, we tear that our al eCtion and loyalt,' may appear of less value. The hope which. yOl f ., Majesty gave •usc that;during your-absence you wo': never 'forget your good city of Paris, has snot been falsified, though your NtajeSty, in so many• °the' capitals, received the same homage .of retiere ooa and lotre, which we haye 'so' anxiously desired to offer you. " But why these, doubts? who can lov,e you more than we ? What other people has received froni you so many benefits ? What o+ her peopie, rpissci, like us ' by you to the height of their wishes, cari equal us in gratitude, since every tiviment•of your -life has been dedicated to procure our happiness; to - render France the first 'of nations, and Paris the first capital in the world." When this discourie; which was heard with the most lively -interest, Was concluded; the . acclama tions Of " Long li%e the, Emperor !" again resounded on all . sides. The Emperor. then, in a Most gra cious manner, returned the follOY•ing answer : " I consider it. as a-real festival lo (lime in tits Hotel of My'good . city, and thereby give an - : evident proof of iny . lose to it. Its inhabitants must love me ; and believe in the sincerity of what they spy; their interest and their ba - ppineSs are in my 'heart. -1 Present or absent, I shalholten'think of my goe city, to - bestow , On it whatever may-be wanting it, and thus render it worthy of m)selt and nil' great people.". • • At these words the 'acclamations redoubled, an ti the Emperor passed info another apartment, where there were several persons . of distinction, public otii.. • cers, - &c.; . afte.r which he returned into the 'Hanoi - the. Throne, and from thence, accOmpanied by the Etll - and'Alie 'Kings and Queens, • went' into 1 11 ‘ ) Dining Hall-. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 11.—Accordincr to. ac • Counts received here, the of :Moldavia has d ew fea:ed,that of: the Grand Vizier. It is said that 16 jAece.S. of artillery and 1;2 siaridards have been take n ' FItANK/QRT, - Nov; 29.—The insurgents to tad. -Tyrol . .having laid do"wit neir arms, trahquility i, re' stored io that country ; ~and the foreign trooP 6o Which formed a cordon owl he Northern frontiers' are beginning to take [Lei: - departure. • The corps of French. troop s, c ommanded by th e „ ; ,a General of Division Lagrange, which oceuP a ' iic KCmpten and . -the .frontiers of the . Tyrol, 0 11 " . . gde,olAllgau, Fussen, Wilsbacic, Nessawang, -44 c PARIS, DEC. 4.—The lolloWing report has been r eceived from the Alarshal.Duke , of Dalmatia : TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER AT WAR. "Dos narrios, Nov. 19, iSc9. , ' " The troops of his Imperial Majesty have gained a signal victory. The battle was fougut in the vicin . uy of Ocana, Whel'e the insurgents had seMbled a force of 55,000 men, 700 0 . ut whom were horse, with a numerous park of artillery.— The-4th corps, joined by the sth, under the orders of Marshal Duke of Trevigri ; .the divis , on of dra goons, conitnanded by:'beneral Millaud ; the divi sion-of light horse, under the command of General Beauregard ; and the brigade of light horse of Ge neral Paris, the Royal Guards, .and two battalions of. Spanish troops, marched yesterday from Aran juex to meet the enemy, who, according to every intelligence received, had taken 'post at Ocana. About nine o'clock this morning our advanced . par,- tics . came in sight of the enemy's army. - At 'eleven .o'clock the action commenced, and in two hours it was decided in our favour. The Spaniards, en couraged by :their superiority in numbers, made a vigorous resistance, but they were 'attacked . with such irresistible valour by our troops, k hat they soon gave way, their position was carried, and they, were thrown into the utmost confusion. All their and .lery•and field eqtiipage fell into our hands. - More than 50 pieces of cannon have already been brought in ; 15 stand of colours, and nutmerous pri.olicrs• have been taken, among whom are, three Generais, six Colonels, and 700 interior Officers. The ground . is coveted with the slain, and with more than forty thousand mutkets. They who escaped took flight without arms, and without knowing whither to cii- ! rea their steps. •. " This morning the King gave_ the command of • the cavalry to General Sebastiani ; and the admi rable. manner in which ,he mancevred and made his charges,: fully justified his Majesty's choice. (3 , 2- neral , Milhaud . also - greatly distinguished .hiMseit, ; and all. the different Cluitnanders AA horse displayed the utmost intreP;dity and valour. The Marshal I)iike of Treviso commanded the 4th and sth corps. It is utterly impossible to hehave,in a moregallant• .manner than he did ; he received a contusion ip the • arm but this did 'not pievent him continuing ,the Oiir loss . does /not, in my estimation, - exceed 400 men. The Marshal Duke of lieliuno is ordered this morning to cross the Tagus between Villatnaurique and I'4ctente D'ieuar. - He is to attack the enemy in' the position be has taken up at Santa Croi, and pursue in whatever dit'eoion he may chose to retreat. He was this m)rning itpkr,ned, by letter, that the enemy, itad coneeTitrated hi torte near ()Gana, and oni t ered to direa his tua:C . l to